Crash Diets, the Mind, and Everything Else.
Greetings!
Yesterday I had a little conversation with a friend and colleague about dieting and weight loss.
A while ago, she was overweight. She saw how I lost weight following the Weight Watchers (TM) Points System (TM) with almost no effort. I lured her into trying the system herself, and she achieved good results.
Fast forward 2 years.... Life got in the way. She stopped going to WW, and a series of incidents threw her "off the wagon". Result? She's gained back a couple of kilos.
She's now considering going back to WW.
Now, the thing is that you can lose weight with whatever method you choose. The question, however, is whether the weight loss will be long-lasting or just another yo-yo result.
Well, that depends on yourself and how you use the weight loss method of your choice.
For instance, you can lose weight weith WW. But if you don't change the way you see food, and the way you deal with your cravings, your weight loss will be a temporary thing. You'll gain your weight back again.
That's one of my friend's problems: She "loves" chocolate; She "loves" sugar; She "loves" KFC; She "loves" fast food; and she regularly schedules social lunches where she know (or ought to know) that chances are she'll be consuming "bad food".
If that is her attitude, she'd better rethink her weight loss strategy. No method will give her long lasting results.
As the Buddah said "Everything starts in the mind."
And when you vocalise what's going on in your mind, your thoughts start shapping into real living entities.
If you think and proclaim that you "love" the foods you're not supposed to eat, not eating them will become a sacrifice. Eating them will become a treat. Eating what's good for you becomes a sacrifice. Skipping your healthy eating routine will be a treat.
Do you see how difficult it is - in these circumstances - to keep on track?
One does not have to live a monk life of eating rice and water. Of course, that's an extreme example. Let's try again...
One does not have to eat just salads to keep one's weight down and be healthy. Not in my view, anyway.
I believe a good diet is balanced and varied. But you do have to watch out for the amount of fat, calories (Kilojoules), and sugars. You can eat these in moderation.
But more importantly... you have to change the way you perceive food, and the ranking importance you give to certain foods.
It's just a matter of forming new eating habits and new tastes.
A while ago, you would not see me eating salads of any type.
After I learnt about eating well, I learnt to "love" salads and other wholesome meals. In fact, I can tell you that I'm not very keen on sugar and other fat things any more.
How do you think of your food?
That's some food for thought for you. ;-)
Yours in Health,
Skinny Jeff
Yesterday I had a little conversation with a friend and colleague about dieting and weight loss.
A while ago, she was overweight. She saw how I lost weight following the Weight Watchers (TM) Points System (TM) with almost no effort. I lured her into trying the system herself, and she achieved good results.
Fast forward 2 years.... Life got in the way. She stopped going to WW, and a series of incidents threw her "off the wagon". Result? She's gained back a couple of kilos.
She's now considering going back to WW.
Now, the thing is that you can lose weight with whatever method you choose. The question, however, is whether the weight loss will be long-lasting or just another yo-yo result.
Well, that depends on yourself and how you use the weight loss method of your choice.
For instance, you can lose weight weith WW. But if you don't change the way you see food, and the way you deal with your cravings, your weight loss will be a temporary thing. You'll gain your weight back again.
That's one of my friend's problems: She "loves" chocolate; She "loves" sugar; She "loves" KFC; She "loves" fast food; and she regularly schedules social lunches where she know (or ought to know) that chances are she'll be consuming "bad food".
If that is her attitude, she'd better rethink her weight loss strategy. No method will give her long lasting results.
As the Buddah said "Everything starts in the mind."
And when you vocalise what's going on in your mind, your thoughts start shapping into real living entities.
If you think and proclaim that you "love" the foods you're not supposed to eat, not eating them will become a sacrifice. Eating them will become a treat. Eating what's good for you becomes a sacrifice. Skipping your healthy eating routine will be a treat.
Do you see how difficult it is - in these circumstances - to keep on track?
One does not have to live a monk life of eating rice and water. Of course, that's an extreme example. Let's try again...
One does not have to eat just salads to keep one's weight down and be healthy. Not in my view, anyway.
I believe a good diet is balanced and varied. But you do have to watch out for the amount of fat, calories (Kilojoules), and sugars. You can eat these in moderation.
But more importantly... you have to change the way you perceive food, and the ranking importance you give to certain foods.
It's just a matter of forming new eating habits and new tastes.
A while ago, you would not see me eating salads of any type.
After I learnt about eating well, I learnt to "love" salads and other wholesome meals. In fact, I can tell you that I'm not very keen on sugar and other fat things any more.
How do you think of your food?
That's some food for thought for you. ;-)
Yours in Health,
Skinny Jeff
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